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Monday, January 12, 2015

Wow, the Lord really does only give us what we can deal with

January 12, 2015

So, this week was really great, starting it off
with a huge parade for the King’s festival. It was super neat, and they threw
so much candy!! It was kinda weird though...some person in the parade came up
to me and just gave me a huge handful instead of me having to catch it. I have
no idea who it was, but I figure they just saw my name tag and figured "he’s
a poor missionary, let’s give him some candy". Well, I’m not complaining!!

Also, this week we got a knock on our door from
our downstairs neighbor. Apparently, our toilet leaks, and so she had water
falling from her ceiling. Yup...and the
plumber was supposed to come today, and didn’t show... so that’s fun. Other
than that though, we have been seeing a ton of miracles and blessings here
in Cornellá.

One neat thing that happened was with yesterday,
where we learned that the Lord only gives us what we can deal with. We went to
go get an investigator to show him the way to get to the church, and we made
sure to be there about a half hour before church started so we could be on
time. Well, we got to the park where we were going to meet, and sat and waited
for 15 minutes. Then, once we were finally on our way, one metro stop away the
train broke down, and so we waited for another large chunk of time, and in the
end we got to church just as they were singing the sacrament hymn. So, we took
the sacrament, and then the meeting started, which happened to be ward
conference.

Well, the first speaker started talking about
family history work, and the temple, and then the next one talked a lot about
tithing and fast offerings. I was kind of worried, because some of the things
said were really fuerte, (strong) and we have only taught him one time. Well,
it was fortunate, because he fell asleep, and so missed most of the talks that
he wouldn’t have understood yet. Then, in the next class, as we started talking
about the church welfare program, and the brother in the back who is a also
really fuerte started to talk, our investigator got a phone call that lasted
exactly as long as the discussion about the welfare program lasted, which
avoided even more topics that would have left him really confused. Then, just
as priesthood was about to start, he had to leave. Well, turns out the whole
class in priesthood was about how we as priesthood holders have certain responsibilities,
which also would have left him really confused.

It was really neat to afterward think about
church and realize, wow, the Lord really does only give us what we can deal
with.